Assignment 24

  1. Read Maalouf, In the Name of Identity:
    1. Introduction, pp. 1-5. You can skip from p. 3, "The situation is..." to p. 4, "...Polish or other."
    2. From Section 1, My Identity, My Allegiances,
      1. pp. 10-11, from "What's known as an identity card..." to "...unique and irreplaceable."
      2. pp. 13-15, from "In every age..." to "...almost a traitor."
      3. and pp. 35-36, "But in the age of globalization..." to "...examples of such self-hatred."
    3. From Section 2, Modernity and "The Other",
      1. pp. 71-72, from "To such effect..." to "...identity crisis."
      2. pp. 74-75, from "In recent years..." to "...in order to be felt."
      3. p. 79, from "I have briefly..." to "...at its mercy."
    4. From Section 3, Global Tribes, pp. 99-100, starting from "Almost the same..."
  2. Read Zakaria, pp. 82-83.